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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biological Activity Anticanker

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Dosage Reference
IRON *
THIAMIN *
ZINC 100 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Psidium guajava Guava 3 97
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean 3 1, 578.5999994277954
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 1 234
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 1 38
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 2 98
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 2 1, 074
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 2 160
Pyrus communis Pear 3 64.80000042915344
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 2 184.19999980926514
Quercus alba White Oak 3 566.4000000953674
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 2 386
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 2 579
Quercus stellata Post Oak 2 472
Quercus velutina Black Oak 2 329
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 2 72
Raphanus sativus Radish 3 1, 086.5999999046326
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 2 934
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 2 190
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 3 459.7999999523163
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 3 195